Overview
- Beckmann said a wrongly installed boiler in the unit above imploded and sent water through the entire building.
- He learned of the flooding by phone while traveling in India and returned to find the residence severely damaged.
- The water reportedly went unnoticed for about two days until a neighbor named Regina discovered it while collecting mail.
- His kitchen is destroyed, he is packing to relocate, and he described having no home at present.
- He reported that research materials for his next book were saved, and he has long lived in a converted factory space in Hamburg’s Ottensen district.